APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 21, 2021 85
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 702 - L.D. 946
Resolve, Regarding the Shore Damage Mitigation Project in Saco Bay
Sec. 1. Saco Bay shore damage mitigation project; state assistance.
Resolved: That the Governor shall take all actions the Governor considers necessary to
assist and support the City of Saco in the City of Saco’s role as the nonfederal sponsor with
the United States Army Corps of Engineers under the federal River and Harbor Act of 1968,
Section 111, as amended, 33 United States Code, Section 426i, for the shore damage
mitigation project for the Saco River and Camp Ellis Beach in Saco pursuant to the report
dated July 2017 and known as Alternative 6, which may include:
1. Directing any relevant state agencies to assist the City of Saco in its entering into a
project partnership agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the
construction of the project under this section; and
2. Directing any relevant state agencies to assist and support the City of Saco and other
communities on Saco Bay in the construction of the project under this section and in
implementing other beach and beach habitat remediation projects in and around Saco Bay
as recommended by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of
Resource Information and Land Use Planning, Division of Geology, Natural Areas and
Coastal Resources, Maine Geological Survey, including dune planting projects.
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